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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Oct 1, 2025

This is the birthplace of freedom, and I think medical and health care freedom is central to those tenets of what we need more of in this country.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Oct 1, 2025

I do not want you to be guided by someone like RFK Jr., who I believe is wholly unqualified to give medical advice and who is restricting our freedoms.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 1, 2025

And now we realize that they’ve decided to put their own interpretation of proper culture ahead of our needs, the needs of a nation.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 1, 2025

That’s what a partnership with Washington looks like as we’re standing here. We’ve done our part. We’re ready to build. It’s underway.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 1, 2025

Washington Republicans have already cut billions from health care, public safety and food assistance for New Yorkers – and now their cruel, senseless cuts are sending us spiraling toward a federal shutdown that will harm workers, small…

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Oct 1, 2025

I would fight this tooth-and-nail and sue the Trump administration to finish this critical, job-creating infrastructure project to reduce congestion and improve quality of life in New Jersey.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Oct 1, 2025

I’ve been very amazed at the comments I’ve got from federal workers who are saying they’ve been terrorized enough, they want us to push back.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Oct 1, 2025

Virginia families are already feeling the strain of high costs, and Virginia workers and business leaders are deeply worried about the impacts of an impending shutdown and the jobs cuts the Trump Administration is threatening.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Oct 1, 2025

I have been in intensive conversations with colleagues from both sides of the aisle on how to find a path forward and I’m eager to work with my Republican colleagues to find common ground.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 1, 2025

I just came from the Senate floor, where I took one of the most difficult votes I’ve taken since I’ve been in the Senate.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 1, 2025

The irony, the paradox is by shutting the government, we’re actually giving Trump more power. And that was why I voted yes.

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Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Sep 30, 2025

The question that has been asked over and over again is: Who will be the next Charlie? And as I look out in this room and I see thousands of you, I want to repeat the best answer that I have heard: You will be the next Charlie.

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Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Sep 30, 2025

Over the course of the last two weeks, Erika Kirk has demonstrated that she not only has the courage of a lion, but she has the heart of a saint.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

Biden’s TSA Administrator [David] Pekoske and his cronies abused their authority and weaponized the federal government against the very people they were charged with protecting

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

Biden’s TSA wildly abused their authority

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

President Trump promised to end the weaponization of government against the American people, and we are making good on that promise

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 30, 2025

this is your money and we’re putting it back in your pockets.

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